Posts Tagged ‘moral-ambiguity’

Gone Baby Gone (2007)

Saturday, March 22nd, 2008
Genres: Crime | Drama | Mystery
Countries: USA
Actors: Casey Affleck | Michelle Monaghan | Morgan Freeman | Ed Harris | John Ashton | Amy Ryan | Amy Madigan | Titus Welliver | Michael K. Williams | Edi Gathegi | Mark Margolis | Madeline O'Brien | Slaine | Trudi Goodman | Matthew Maher
Directors: Ben Affleck
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Dorchester, one of the toughest neighborhoods in all of Boston, is no place for the weak or innocent. Its a territory defined by hard heads and even harder luck, its streets littered with broken families, hearts, dreams. When one of its own, a 4-year-old girl, goes missing, private investigators Patrick Kenzie and Angela Gennaro don’t want the case. But after pleas from the child’s aunt, they open an investigation that will ultimately risk everything — their relationship, their sanity, and even their lives — to find a little girl-lost.

The Exorcism of Emily Rose (2005)

Saturday, March 22nd, 2008
Genres: Drama | Horror | Mystery | Thriller
Countries: USA
Actors: Laura Linney | Tom Wilkinson | Campbell Scott | Jennifer Carpenter | Colm Feore | Joshua Close | Kenneth Welsh | Duncan Fraser | JR Bourne | Mary Beth Hurt | Henry Czerny | Shohreh Aghdashloo | Steve Archer | Arlene Belcastro | David Berner
Directors: Scott Derrickson
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The nineteen years old Catholic college girl Emily Rose (Jennifer Carpenter) dies a couple of days after being submitted to an exorcism carried out by her parish priest, Father Moore (Tom Wilkinson). Emily believed she was possessed by six demons, and although authorized by Emily and he parents, Father Moore is accused of negligent homicide, since he had suggested Emily to interrupt the use of medications for epilepsy. In order to avoid a scandal, the Archdiocese hires the successful, ambitious and agnostic lawyer Erin Bruner (Laura Linney), and the prosecution assigns the religious prosecutor Ethan Thomas (Campbell Scott). Along the days, there is a battle between science and religion in the court.

Face/Off (1997)

Saturday, March 22nd, 2008
Genres: Action | Crime | Drama | Thriller
Countries: USA
Actors: John Travolta | Nicolas Cage | Joan Allen | Alessandro Nivola | Gina Gershon | Dominique Swain | Nick Cassavetes | Harve Presnell | Colm Feore | John Carroll Lynch | CCH Pounder | Robert Wisdom | Margaret Cho | James Denton | Matt Ross
Directors: John Woo
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Sean Archer is a government agent who for six years has been trying to apprehend terrorist, Caster Troy, who tried to kill him but ended up killing Archer’s son instead. When Archer corners Troy, Troy tells Archer that he has planted a bomb that will go off, unless he lets him go but Archer thinks that Troy is bluffing so a fight erupts that leaves Troy comatose. But later when they go through some of his brother, Pollux’s things, they discover that Troy was telling the truth. All what they need now is to find out where it is and the only person who knows is Pollux. And the only person that he will talk to about it, is his brother, Caster but unfortunately he is a vegetable. A government official then suggests to Archer that he assume Caster’s identity and ask Pollux about the bomb. So she brings him to a doctor who has perfected a method wherein the face of one individual is removed from him and placed on another. Archer agrees. The operation is a success so Archer as Troy goes to the prison where Pollux is being held and successfully gets him to tell him where the bomb is. Meanwhile, Troy who was believed to be comatose awakens and forces the doctor who operated on Archer to place Archer’s face on him. He then goes to the prison as Archer and taunts Archer by telling him that he has destroyed all documentation of the operation and eliminated everyone who knew about it. He then takes his brother out and leaves Archer in prison. But Archer somehow manages to escape and is now trying to find someone who will believe and help him, while Troy is plotting something.

Silent Hill (2006)

Saturday, March 22nd, 2008
Genres: Horror | Thriller
Countries: France | Japan | USA
Actors: Radha Mitchell | Sean Bean | Laurie Holden | Deborah Kara Unger | Kim Coates | Tanya Allen | Alice Krige | Jodelle Ferland | Colleen Williams | Ron Gabriel | Eve Crawford | Derek Ritschel | Amanda Hiebert | Maxine Dumont | Christopher Britton
Directors: Christophe Gans
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After the continuous sleep walking episodes of Sharon, the young daughter of Rose Da Silva, the decision is made to take Sharon to the place only mentioned in her restless dreams- Silent Hill. However, the road to Silent Hill is anything but easy to access, and Rose creates a high speed chase between herself and a police officer only to end in a crash for them both. When she wakes up, Sharon has disappeared and Rose is at the entrance to the deserted, dream-like town of Silent Hill. As Rose begins the search for her daughter, she does not realize the terror and mystery surrounding her. Rose is led on a blind search for her beloved daughter, finding herself getting more and more entwined into disturbing past of Silent Hill.

Hostage (2005)

Saturday, March 22nd, 2008
Genres: Action | Crime | Drama | Thriller
Countries: Germany | USA
Actors: Bruce Willis | Kevin Pollak | Jimmy Bennett | Michelle Horn | Ben Foster | Jonathan Tucker | Marshall Allman | Serena Scott Thomas | Rumer Willis | Kim Coates | Robert Knepper | Tina Lifford | Ransford Doherty | Marjean Holden | Michael D. Roberts
Directors: Florent Emilio Siri
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Jeff Talley, a former LAPD hostage negotiator, has moved himself away from his failed career outside of Los Angeles, and away from his wife and daughter. When a convenience store robbery goes wrong in his turf, the three perpetrators move in on an unsuspecting family. But the family’s father has a secret which might compromise his kin, and one of the criminals is about to jump over the edge. Jeff Talley has to get everybody to survive the night……if he can.

Pulp Fiction (1994)

Saturday, March 22nd, 2008
Genres: Crime | Drama
Countries: USA
Actors: Tim Roth | Amanda Plummer | John Travolta | Samuel L. Jackson | Phil LaMarr | Bruce Willis | Ving Rhames | Maria de Medeiros | Rosanna Arquette | Duane Whitaker | Peter Greene | Eric Stoltz | Paul Calderon | Uma Thurman | Frank Whaley
Directors: Quentin Tarantino
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Jules Winnfield and Vincent Vega are two hitmen who are out to retrieve a suitcase stolen from their employer, mob boss Marsellus Wallace. Wallace has also asked Vincent to take his wife Mia out a few days later when Wallace himself will be out of town. Butch Coolidge is an aging boxer who is paid by Wallace to lose his next fight. The lives of these seemingly unrelated people are woven together comprising of a series of funny, bizarre and uncalled-for incidents.

Terminator 2: Judgment Day (1991)

Saturday, March 22nd, 2008
Genres: Action | Adventure | Sci-Fi | Thriller
Countries: France | USA
Actors: Arnold Schwarzenegger | Edward Furlong | Robert Patrick | Earl Boen | Joe Morton | S. Epatha Merkerson | Castulo Guerra | Danny Cooksey | Jenette Goldstein | Xander Berkeley | Linda Hamilton | Ken Gibbel | Robert Winley | Peter Schrum
Directors: James Cameron
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Nearly 10 years have passed since Sarah Connor was targeted for termination by a cyborg from the future. Now her son, John, the future leader of the resistance, is the target for a newer, more deadly terminator. Once again, the resistance has managed to send a protector back to attempt to save John and his mother Sarah.

Spider-Man (2002)

Saturday, March 22nd, 2008
Genres: Action | Fantasy | Sci-Fi | Thriller
Countries: USA
Actors: Tobey Maguire | Willem Dafoe | Kirsten Dunst | James Franco | Cliff Robertson | Rosemary Harris | J.K. Simmons | Joe Manganiello | Gerry Becker | Bill Nunn | Jack Betts | Stanley Anderson | Ron Perkins | Michael Papajohn | K.K. Dodds
Directors: Sam Raimi
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Based on Marvel Comics’ superhero character, this is a story of Peter Parker who is a nerdy high-schooler. He was orphaned as a child, bullied by jocks, and can’t confess his crush for his stunning neighbourhood girl Mary Jane Watson. To say his life is “miserable” is an understatement. But one day while on an excursion to a laboratory a runaway radioactive spider bites him… and his life changes in a way no one could have imagined. Peter acquires a muscle-bound physique, clear vision, ability to cling to surfaces and crawl over walls, shooting webs from his wrist … but the fun isn’t going to last. An eccentric millionaire Norman Osborn (William Dafoe) administers a performance enhancing drug on himself and his maniacal alter ego Green Goblin emerges. Now Peter Parker has to become Spider-Man and take Green Goblin to the task… or else Goblin will kill him. They come face to face and the war begins in which only one of them will survive at the end.

Kill Bill: Vol. 2 (2004)

Saturday, March 22nd, 2008
Genres: Action | Drama | Thriller
Countries: USA
Actors: Uma Thurman | David Carradine | Lucy Liu | Vivica A. Fox | Michael Madsen | Chia Hui Liu | Daryl Hannah | Michael Parks | Bo Svenson | Jeannie Epper | Stephanie Moore | Shana Stein | Caitlin Keats | Christopher Allen Nelson | Samuel L. Jackson
Directors: Quentin Tarantino
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The Bride woke up after a long coma. The baby that she carried before the coma was gone. The only thing on her mind was to get revenge on the assassination team that betrayed her - a team she was once part of. With two of the people on her Death List taken care of, she must pursue Budd, Elle Driver and of course Bill himself. But she is in for a surprise…

Kill Bill: Vol. 1 (2003)

Saturday, March 22nd, 2008
Genres: Action | Adventure | Thriller
Countries: USA
Actors: Uma Thurman | Lucy Liu | Vivica A. Fox | Daryl Hannah | David Carradine | Michael Madsen | Julie Dreyfus | Chiaki Kuriyama | Sonny Chiba | Chia Hui Liu | Michael Parks | Michael Bowen | Jun Kunimura | Kenji Ohba | Yuki Kazamatsuri
Directors: Quentin Tarantino
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“The Bride” was once part of a group of world class female assassins, until the group leader, “Bill” and the other assassins turn against her. Four years later “The Bride” awakens from the coma the assassins left her in and heads out to seek bloody revenge. Unlike conventional movies, Kill Bill is told in chapter format making the narrative flow more like a book than a film.